The Facts
On March 30, 2026, Bonhams announced its New York Asia Week auctions, featuring a series of sales from March 21 to 23. The sales include Chinese Works of Art, the Reverend Richard Fabian Collection of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy IV, Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art, and Japanese and Korean Art. Highlights include a Gilt Copper Alloy Figure of Tara from Nepal, 13th-century, estimated at $500,000-700,000, and Zhang Daqian's "Woman Holding a Flower" estimated at $800,000-1,200,000. The Chinese Works sale includes a Tang dynasty sancai-glazed horse estimated at $200,000-300,000. Additionally, a touring exhibition of Himalayan Buddhist masterpieces from the Claude de Marteau Collection will be on view with lectures and receptions.
The Signal
The auctions bring together several distinguished private collections, including the Richard Milhender Export Furniture Collection and the Michael Henss collection of Himalayan art. The Tara figure, from the Henss collection, is making its first market appearance in over 35 years, underscoring the rarity of such works. The Fabian collection, a premier American collection of modern Chinese paintings, has been exhibited at major museums. These sales signal sustained institutional and collector interest in high-quality Asian art across periods and mediums.
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- Artists: Zhang Daqian, Xugu
- People: Richard Milhender, Reverend Richard Fabian, Michael Henss, Ruth and Harold Newman
- Auction Houses: Bonhams
- Museums: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Honolulu Academy of Art
- Locations: New York
- Prices: US$30,000-40,000, US$40,000-60,000, US$200,000-300,000, US$800,000-1,200,000, US$500,000-700,000
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